分层作业6 新教材人教版英语必修第二册.docxVIP

课时分层作业(六)　 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A A new report shows that there are just 7，100 of the worlds fastest land animals now left in the wild.Cheetahs(猎豹)are in trouble now. According to the study，more than half the worlds surviving cheetahs live in one population that ranges across six countries in southern Africa.Cheetahs in Asia have been nearly wiped out.Its thought that a group with fewer than 50 cheetahs lives on in Iran. Because the cheetah is one of the widest-ranging animals，it runs across lands far outside protected areas.Some 77% of their habitat falls outside these protected areas.As a result，the animal struggles because these lands are increasingly being developed by farmers and the cheetahs food is decreasing because of human hunting. In Zimbabwe，the cheetah population has fallen from around 1，200 to just 170 animals in 16 years，with the main cause being major changes in land tenure. Researchers say that the threats facing the worlds fastest animals have gone unnoticed for far too long.“Given the secret nature of the cheetah，it has been difficult to gather hard information on them.” said Dr. Sarah Durant，the reports leader.“Our findings show that the large space requirements for cheetahs and various threats faced by them in the wild mean that they are likely to be in danger of dying out.” Another of the big concerns about cheetahs has been the illegal trafficking(非法交易)of young cheetahs.The young cheetath can fetch up to $10，000 on the black market.Some 1，200 young cheetahs are known to have been trafficked out of Africa over the past 10 years but around 85% of them died during the journey. If the cheetah is to survive long term，then urgent efforts must be made to solve the question of protected areas and ranges. 【语篇解读】　人类活动造成猎豹活动范围的缩小、猎物的减少都是导致猎豹灭绝的原因，另外，猎豹幼兽的非法交易也是原因之一。 1．Where do most of the cheetahs live now? A．In Asia.　 B．In Africa. C．In Europe. D．In America. B　[细节理解题。根据第二段中的“more than half the worlds surviving cheetahs live in one population that ranges across six